As Mike McQuaid from Homebrew once blogged: <<Open Source Maintainers Owe You Nothing>>[1] There are so many blog posts like this. And, a few times a year, HN

As Mike McQuaid from Homebrew once blogged: <<Open Source Maintainers Owe You Nothing>>[1] There are so many blog posts like this. And, a few times a year, HN likes to rehash this topic. Open source seems like a thankless, but necessary exercise in the modern world. At this point in history, I doubt there are any strong intellectual arguments to favour closed- over open-source. (However, there are economic arguments. For example: If you have excellent intellectual property, then it is much more economically valuable to keep as closed source.) I am so glad that I do not run an open source project with lots of attention. It looks like hell having to fight with Internet trolls all day long. To show some compassion for people who reach their wit's end and write a noisy blog post like this: It must be difficult being poked and prodded all day long. After you lash out, and a bunch of people (trolls?) tell you to "calm down". If only there was a (VR!?) simulator to put those very same people through the same hell to watch how they would react. [1] https://mikemcquaid.com/open-source-maintainers-owe-you-nothing/ https://mikemcquaid.com/open-source-maintainers-owe-you-noth...